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Ex-Minister Anil Deshmukh ducks Enforcement Directorate date thrice

The embattled ex-Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh skipped an ED summons for the third time in a week,

Maharashtra sees 9,336 new coronavirus cases, 123 deaths

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,336 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 123 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 60,98,177 and the toll to 1,23,030, the state health department said. A total of 3,378 patients were discharged during the day, raising the count of recoveries in Maharashtra to 58,48,693 so far, leaving the state with 1,23,225 active cases, the department said in a release. The case recovery rate in Maharashtra now stands at 95.91 per cent and the fatality rate is 2.01 per cent. Mumbai reported 553 cases during the day and 24 deaths, taking the caseload to 7,24 675 and the count of fatalities to 15,544, the department said. Mumbai division reported 1,775 cases and 27 deaths, raising the tally to 16,02,903 and toll to 32,293. Nashik division reported 669 new cases while Pune division added 2,380 infections including 764 in Satara district. Kolhapur division reported 389 cases, Kolhapur district 1,461 and the Sangli district 1,073, as per the ...

BJP should let Maharashtra monsoon session to work in public interest: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the opposition BJP should allow the two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature to function smoothly if it has the interest of the state's people in mind.

Maharashtra: Opposition may corner govt on quotas in monsoon session

The monsoon session of the state legislature is scheduled to be held for only two days

SC dismisses plea on nominations of Maharashtra Legislative Council

Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking orders for issuing specific directions to prepare norms for nominations of Maharashtra Legislative Council by the state governor

Anil Deshmukh case: CBI gets nod to record Sachin Waze's statement

A special NIA court on Friday allowed the CBI to record the statement of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze as part of its probe into corruption allegations against NCP leader Anil Deshmukh

MVA govt firmly in saddle, will respond to BJP's 'falsehood': Raut

Raut said the BJP in Maharashtra was under the wrong impression that it can shake the state MVA government by levelling "false allegations" against legislators and ministers.

K'taka makes RT-PCR result or vax certificate mandatory for Maha travelers

A negative RT-PCR certificate not older than 72 hours or vaccination certificate of at least one dose needs to be compulsorily produced by passengers coming to Karnataka from Maharashtra

MVA govt on the edge with relation between allies on constant simmer

The Shiv Sena and the NCP suspect that either of them may walk into the waiting arms of the BJP. The Congress feels that the Sena and the NCP may eventually team up and marginalise it

Maha sees 974 new Covid cases,143 deaths, 8,562 recoveries in last 24 hours

Maharashtra on Sunday reported 9,974 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 143 fatalities, taking the tally of infections to 60,36,821 and the toll to 1,21,286, the state Health department said.

MVA govt running smoothly, will complete its full term: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra was running smoothly and it would complete its full five-year term. Speaking to reporters at Baramati, his hometown in the district, Pawar said when this government (in which his own party and the Congress are constituents) came into existence, it was decided that it will run on a "common programme". "When a government is run, it is bound to face some issues. So it was decided then that in order to find a solution to the issues, there has to be a mechanism, said the veteran leader, who is said to be the chief architect of the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation that was formed after the 2019 Assembly elections. It was decided to give the responsibility to some leaders from three parties and as per the mechanism, Balasaheb Thorat and Ashok Chavan from Congress, Eknath Shinde and Subhash Desai from Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil from NCP were given this responsibility, ..

Former Maharashtra cop Waze collected Rs 4.7 cr from bar owners: ED

It also claimed that Waze, the former head of crime intelligence unit (CIU) of Mumbai police, informed the bar owners and managers that this money "will go to No.1

ED asks Anil Deshmukh to appear next week after he seeks fresh date

The 71-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was asked to depose before the investigating officer at the agency office in Ballard Estate here by 11 am

Former Maharashtra minister Deshmukh received Rs 4 cr from bar owners: ED

The ED made this claim during the remand hearing of Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde

Goa-bound Rajdhani Express derails in Maharashtra; all passengers safe

Goa-bound Rajdhani Express from Hazrat Nizamuddin derailed inside a tunnel in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra early on Saturday, but there was no report of injury to any passenger, an official said

Maharashtra tightens Covid-19 restrictions on fears of third wave

Malls, multiplexes, store timings in state to be impacted

Covid-19: 48 cases of Delta plus variant in India; Maharashtra tops

ICMR chief says the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over

ED raids on Anil Deshmukh are not politically motivated, says BJP

The central probe agency had registered a criminal case under an anti-money laundering law against Deshmukh and others last month after studying a CBI FIR.

ED questions ex-Maha home minister Deshmukh's personal secretary

Deshmukh's personal secretary, Sanjeev Palande, was brought to the ED's office in the afternoon for inquiry in connection with the case, they said.

Explained: How sugar sector shrugged off its bitter cyclical nature

Data shows that in the 10-year period from 2010-11 to 2020-21, India's annual sugar production exceeded domestic consumption in all the years, except 2016-17